Long-term memory in territorial grasshoppers |
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| Authors: | M D Greenfield E Alkaslassy G -y Wang T E Shelly |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of California, 90024 Los Angeles, California, USA;(2) Hawaiian Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Hawaii, 96822 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary Males ofLigurotettix spp. grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae), territorial species that defend individual host plant shrubs, home to their territories by memorizing landmarks. Thus, the insects can navigate efficiently toward high quality shrubs which are chemically distinctive and recognizable via gustation, but indistinguishable from a distance. |
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| Keywords: | Grasshoppers herbivory homing behavior host plant chemistry landmark navigation Ligurotettix memory territoriality |
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